Holyhead Hotspur would like to thank our main sponsor, Doosan Babcock Energy, for continuing to invest in a future of great promise through their sponsorship of the Holyhead Hotspur first team. Please visit their website at www.DoosanBabcock.com.
Doosan Babcock is a multi-specialist energy services company operating in the thermal power, nuclear, petrochemical, oil & gas and pharmaceutical industries. Doosan Babcock is also a leading international steam generation OEM and supplier of the cleanest, most efficient coal powered technology in the world. They provide innovative technology that supports and enhances the service life of energy assets across the globe. The company have universally recognised expertise in each of their key areas of activity. For over a century, their people have been adding bottom line value for their customers. Doosan Babcock develop cutting edge technologies to improve plant performance, reduce emissions and ensure safe and efficient plant operation. Today, Doosan Babcock can claim an unequalled track record of successfully completed projects with more than 150,000 MWe installed capacity worldwide. In the past two years alone they have installed over 23,000 MWe of supercritical technology
Doosan Babcock is a leading engineering contractor and project integrator for the nuclear industry. They have been at the heart of the UK nuclear industry for more than 50 years and during that time have designed, manufactured, installed and commissioned a wide range of nuclear equipment and plant for both the power generation and defence markets. Doosan Babcock is the largest supplier of operational support for the nuclear power generation sector in the UK. At any given time they have up to a thousand security cleared, and where required, SQEP and radiologically classified staff working on large scale UK based projects. They have the technology, experience and expertise to provide clients with world-class solutions that are delivered as turnkey packages or individual services. Doosan Babcock also work in alliance with their clients and competitors. A good example of this approach in action is the current scheme at the Sellafield site where BNG, in alliance with Doosan Babcock and its alliance sub-contractors, are delivering the £60m+ WVP Residue Export Facility on budget and on schedule.
Nuclear Decommissioning has become an increasing part of nuclear related activities. Doosan Babcock's capabilities are comprehensive and include full project scoping and management, waste retrieval, conditioning and transport, combined with a range of specialist support services.
We would also like to thank our reserve team sponsors Kon-x Wales Ltd. We feel proud to have support from Kon-x who offer an unparalleled service in the field of copying, printing, scanning and fax for North Wales and Chester. Kon-x sell office equipment by Olivetti, Oki and Develop, amongst others, as well as a range of used office equipment. All used equipment has previously been supplied new by Kon-x and maintained by them. Kon-x also offer lease and rental solutions with finance packages available. They are the Olivetti Elite dealers for North Wales. For more information, please visit KonxWales.co.uk
About Holyhead Hotspur FC
Holyhead is a town with a rich footballing history, from Holyhead FC in the late 1800s / early 1900s to the glory days of the 1950s and 1960s when the famous Harbourmen rode high on the stage of North Wales football from their base at Cae Mwd on Turkeyshore Road. Since then, Holyhead has been represented by teams as diverse as the Holyhead Liberals, Holyhead Locos, Holyhead Mountain Rangers and Holyhead United Juniors.
Holyhead Hotspur F.C. was founded in 1990, when several prominent people involved in local football formed the Club. At the time of its formation there were four other local Clubs in the town operating in different leagues of the North Wales Coast Football Association.
By 1997, with the success of Hotspur, all the clubs had amalgamated, and Holyhead Hotspur F.C. became the modern successor to the 'Harbourmen' of years ago, and formed a senior team, a reserve team and junior / youth teams from under 9 to under 17. The junior / youth teams are called Holyhead Hotspur Peibio in recognition of their past association with Peibio and the work done by many people over the years in fostering junior / youth football at Peibio.
The Club has enjoyed great success as can be seen from the Club Honours. In successive seasons 1995/6, 1996/7, 1997/8 the Anglesey League, Gwynedd League and Welsh Alliance League Championships were won, and this was the focus which resulted in the amalgamation of all the Holyhead Clubs in existence at that time.
The season 1998/9 saw the reserve team promoted to the Gwynedd League and the senior team promoted to the Cymru Alliance League. The Cymru Alliance League is North Wales's feeder league to the Welsh Premier League. This semi professional league operates in the Wrexham, Aberystwyth, North Wales and Mid Wales areas. It is a very competitive league and no match result can be taken for granted.
During the past ten years the senior side consolidated its position in the Cymru Alliance League, and the reserves did likewise in the Gwynedd League.
For the 2008/9 season the club formed under 11 and under 13 girls teams, and they compete in the Anglesey / Gwynedd Girls leagues. For the 2009/10 season boys under 10 and under 12 teams were formed.
Last season the two senior teams began playing their matches on the refurbished Holyhead Stadium with its better playing facilities, club house and floodlights, and the junior / youth teams began playing their matches on the New Oval which was the pitch previously used by the senior teams.
With the consolidation of the FAW Welsh Premier League and Cymru Alliance League, Hotspur First Team find themselves in the Welsh Alliance League for the 2010/11 season.